Sorting of Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes According to Their Outer Wall Electronic Type via a Gel Permeation Method
- Katherine E. Moore ,
- Moritz Pfohl ,
- Daniel D. Tune ,
- Frank Hennrich ,
- Simone Dehm ,
- Venkata Sai K. Chakradhanula ,
- Christian Kübel ,
- Ralph Krupke , and
- Benjamin S. Flavel
Abstract

In this work, we demonstrate the application of the gel permeation technique to the sorting of double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs) according to their outer wall electronic type. Our method uses Sephacryl S-200 gel and yields sorted fractions of DWCNTs with impurities removed and highly enriched in nanotubes with either metallic (M) or semiconducting (S) outer walls. The prepared fractions are fully characterized using optical absorption spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and atomic force microscopy, and the entire procedure is monitored in real time using process Raman analysis. The sorted DWCNTs are then integrated into single nanotube field effect transistors, allowing detailed electronic measurement of the transconductance properties of the four unique [email protected] wall combinations of [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected]
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